01-25-2015, 06:13 AM
Obie you have brought up a very good point, thank you. Yes the current way the county is buying and selling the relocation homes is wrong. When the fund was first set up to help geothermal affected residents relocate the county was to leave the houses bought by this fund empty and was not to RE SELL them.
Well the rules have been changed now many times in favor of county, not its people needing relocated. Millions has been diverted for the counties best interests also (transfer station) being only one diversion. Another problem with why folks are getting on the relocation list now rather than say 10 or 20 years ago is because geothermal has continued to grow and take even more of this resource ( steam) over the years, while electric rates rise and drilling and operating dangers still persists. Experimental geo in Puna has turned into a money maker for many and now may be needed more than ever, so don't families and or close residential home owners have at least a right to change their minds on where they want to live?
My home happens to be on this relocation list and has been for a couple years now. My wife and I bought here in leilani wanting to live close to our parents and where we grew up as keiki. Well now our parents our gone moved or passed, and We are now raising 5 kids of our own. These reasons and the fact that Geothermal has continued to grow has influenced the changing of our mind on where we want to live and raise keiki. We ourselves have tried selling a couple of times now in the past few years, yet with lava flows and geothermal so close, its been difficult to say the least. Anyone here want to buy a nice home and acre next to one of the worlds growing geothermals?
Well the rules have been changed now many times in favor of county, not its people needing relocated. Millions has been diverted for the counties best interests also (transfer station) being only one diversion. Another problem with why folks are getting on the relocation list now rather than say 10 or 20 years ago is because geothermal has continued to grow and take even more of this resource ( steam) over the years, while electric rates rise and drilling and operating dangers still persists. Experimental geo in Puna has turned into a money maker for many and now may be needed more than ever, so don't families and or close residential home owners have at least a right to change their minds on where they want to live?
My home happens to be on this relocation list and has been for a couple years now. My wife and I bought here in leilani wanting to live close to our parents and where we grew up as keiki. Well now our parents our gone moved or passed, and We are now raising 5 kids of our own. These reasons and the fact that Geothermal has continued to grow has influenced the changing of our mind on where we want to live and raise keiki. We ourselves have tried selling a couple of times now in the past few years, yet with lava flows and geothermal so close, its been difficult to say the least. Anyone here want to buy a nice home and acre next to one of the worlds growing geothermals?